Short answer: Geflügel takes the article das (das Geflügel). It’s a neuter noun (German: neutral) and means “poultry” in English.
Geflügel: word facts
- Article
- das
- Gender
- neutral (neuter)
- English
- Poultry
- Topic
- Food and drink
- Yupo level
- Intermediate
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Why does Geflügel take das?
No suffix rule covers Geflügel, so learn it together with its article. In Yupo, das words are green. Picture Geflügel as something green.
See the article rules →Geflügel in the accusative and dative
Singular, with the definite article
| Nominativsubject: who? what? | das Geflügel |
|---|---|
| Akkusativdirect object: whom? what? | das Geflügel |
| Dativindirect object: to whom? | dem Geflügel |
